Posts Tagged ‘Google’

How Fast Is Google?

I hate Google. I mean I really loathe them. Arrogant, smug, self-satisfied pricks, every last one of them. Who the hell do they think they are? I own the arrogant, smug, self-satisfied prick thing, been that way since I was born. Now, because this big corporation comes along and plays it like I’ve been playing it all my life, they get all the attention just because nobody knows who the hell I am! How fair is that?
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Is Google Broken?

Does anyone know why it takes a comparative eternity to get indexed by Google these days? It used to be I could launch a site and have it indexed within 24-48 hours just by applying the sort of techniques Google claims it loves – quality content, quality backlinks and so on.

My last few site launches are still sitting around waiting on Google to grace them with its presence. Oh sure, the crawler popped by after about 20 minutes. But can I get anything indexed? Not on your life.
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